As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
-Benjamin Franklin
Quotations
Silence
Great souls suffer in silence.
-Friedrich Schiller
That deep silence has a melody of its own, a sweetness unknown amid the harsh discords of the world’s sounds.
-Paul Brunton "Paul Brunton"
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind.
-Kahlil Gibran "Kahlil Gibran"
Not everyone talks in words.
-Nema Al Araby
Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music.
-Marcel Marceau
Silence is argument carried out by other means.
-Ernesto "Che" Guevara
